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Monday, November 12, 2012

The mayor claims he has no money to higher police officer's. The FOP Lodge 7 states that with officer's retiring and officer's being promoted the city is short 2,000 cops. So Mayor dumbass closes 4 districts and leaving 3 areas open trying to represent we don't need police but in light of everything Mayor dumbass has money for new CTA project hmmmmmmmmmmm. scaled-back version of an express commuting service called bus rapid transit is
scheduled to debut Monday between the Loop and the South Side.
The Jeffery Jump will operate on the No. 14 Jeffery Express route, which
travels between 103rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, and Washington and
Jefferson streets downtown. The double-long Jeffery Jump buses will be wrapped
in blue to give the service a distinctive appearance, officials said.

From 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m., No. 14 Jeffery Jump buses will use bus-only lanes
on part of the route, between 67th and 83rd streets, cutting the travel time by
up to seven minutes from one end of the route to the other, transit officials
said.

Regular fares will apply. Bus stops will be located every half-mile on
average between 67th and 103rd streets to speed up the trips, officials
said.

But the new service is being launched Monday without key elements that
constitute true bus rapid transit, officials said. The missing components
include full-time bus-only lanes; traffic signals linked to the buses to extend
green lights for them; passenger prepaid boarding at bus stops equipped with
platforms that are level with the bus floor; and bus stops in the median,
instead of at the curb.

Early next year, the CTA and the Chicago Department of Transportation will
expand the Jeffery Jump bus rapid transit experiment to provide extended green
lights for buses between 73rd and 84th streets, officials said. In addition, a
bypass lane will open at Jeffery Boulevard and Anthony Avenue to allow buses to
advance through the intersection ahead of other traffic, officials said.

The CTA and CDOT are completing plans for more robust bus rapid transit
service on Ashland and Western avenues, between Howard and 95th streets when
funding becomes available; and in the central Loop in 2014. Long-term plans
envision a 50-mile bus rapid transit network, increasing average bus speeds by
as much as 48 percent over regular bus routes, officials said.